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		<title>The American Character</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our relatively forgotten Founding Fathers is James Wilson, a signatory of The Declaration of Independence, a member of the Continental Congress, and among the first six Supreme Court justices chosen by President George Washington. One the most prominent lawyers of his time, Wilson is often credited as being the most learned of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>William Penn&#8217;s Spiritual &amp; Practical Advice to His Children</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the likes of Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, and Adams, we had William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania who is rightly considered by many to be America&#8217;s first Founding Father. A champion of religious freedom and democracy, Penn stands out among many early American settlers in his good relations and treaties with native-Americans. A Quaker (the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Henry &amp; The Great Christian Divide</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any series on the Founding Fathers and Christianity would be remiss without addressing the topic of slavery. For us today it seems amazing that such enlightened men, who demanded liberty and freedom for themselves, couldn&#8217;t see the hypocrisy in keeping slaves. But many of the Founding Fathers did clearly see the evil of the slave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Paine on Christianity &amp; True Greatness</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in our special series on the Founding Fathers, we begin with the revolutionary Thomas Paine, a statesman who often was ostracized for his SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious) views on Christianity, God, and religion. Like a true Progressive Christian, Paine tried to encourage forward progress in all aspects of the individual life and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benjamin Franklin&#8217;s Religion &amp; Jesus of Nazareth</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with The Living Hour&#8217;s month-long series on the Founding Fathers&#8217; reflections on God, Christianity, and Religion, we move today to some commentary from that SBNR Progressive Christian Benjamin Franklin. The following passage is taken from a letter Franklin wrote to the reverend Ezra Stile in 1790, when Franklin was 84 years old, and Stile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Founding Fathers On Christianity, God, &amp; Religion</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the Founding Fathers of the United States could be best described as SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious) Progressive Christians. We at The Living Hour often look back to them for inspiration, for they were leaders who possessed a solid sense of reason that was backed by an understanding of the divine nature of [...]]]></description>
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